Wednesday, October 31 2012 4:07 PM EDT2012-10-31 20:07:16 GMT
A class action lawsuit filed Wednesday says Gov. Nikki Haley and other state officials failed to protect millions of South Carolina residents victimized by a recent security breach.More >>
A class action lawsuit filed Wednesday says Gov. Nikki Haley and other state officials failed to protect millions of South Carolina residents victimized by a recent security breach.More >>
Wednesday, October 31 2012 11:24 AM EDT2012-10-31 15:24:13 GMT
Gov. Nikki Haley and other state officials are scheduled to give an update on a hacking incident it's believed may have compromised millions of South Carolina tax returns.More >>
Gov. Nikki Haley released more details in the South Carolina Department of Revenue security breach that exposed millions of taxpayers' personal information.More >>
Monday, October 29 2012 9:41 PM EDT2012-10-30 01:41:50 GMT
An expert says the state did well in getting a program for affected residents, but should've warned people sooner about the breach. He says protect your information by checking credit statements and shredding documents.More >>
An expert says the state did well in getting a program for affected residents, but should've warned people sooner about the breach. He says protect your information by checking credit statements and shredding documents.More >>
Saturday, October 27 2012 7:47 AM EDT2012-10-27 11:47:38 GMT
The S.C. Department of Revenue today announced that approximately 3.6 million Social Security numbers and 387,000 credit and debit card numbers have been exposed in a cyber attack.More >>
Millions of Social Security numbers belonging to South Carolina residents who filed taxes over the last 14 years may have been compromised by a hacker, state officials announced Friday.More >>
Friday, October 26 2012 5:52 PM EDT2012-10-26 21:52:18 GMT
To protect against identity theft, the Federal Trade Commission urges Americans to follow the "three D's" - deter, detect and defend.More >>
To protect against identity theft, the Federal Trade Commission urges Americans to follow the "three D's" - deter, detect and defend.More >>
By MEG
KINNARD
Associated
Press
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- A judge has dismissed Gov. Nikki Haley and the state's
former revenue director from a lawsuit over a massive security breach at South
Carolina's tax collection agency.
But
Circuit Judge G. Thomas Cooper said Thursday he needed more time to consider
requests to dismiss the case against Haley's office, the Department of Revenue,
South Carolina's Division of Information Technology and a private data security
company.
Former state Sen. John Hawkins' lawsuit accuses the agencies of failing to
protect taxpayers.
The
cyber-thief who hacked into the agency's computer servers last year took
unencrypted data from 3.8 million individual tax filers and 700,000 businesses
in the nation's largest hacking of a state agency.
Attorneys for the state say the case should be halted while law enforcement
officials continue their criminal investigation.
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